Windows 7 asks for administrator rights while installing Driver Whiz

Driver Whiz is a software that helps to find the most current drivers for the system. I was using this software in my system when I was using Windows XP and it had a very simple interface and thus, was of a great help to me. Now, I have done a clean install of the Windows 7 operating system. So, after I have done this Windows 7 asks for administrator rights while installing Driver Whiz. I cannot understand why this is happening. Kindly help me with suitable solutions.

You may be logged in a limited account because of which Windows 7 asks for administrator rights while installing Driver Whiz. This particular account may not have the rights for installing this software. Restart the system and log into the main administrator account to install this particular software into the system. This will help you to solve the problem hopefully.

Windows 7 asks for administrator rights while installing Driver Whiz because this software is incompatible with this operating system. Here are the system requirements for this software:
Operating systems:

• Windows 95
• Windows 98
• Windows XP

Other requirements:

• Processor: 300 MHz or better
• RAM: 256 MB or more
• Hard Disk: 22 MB or more free

First of all you must run the hardware and software evaluation tool in your system to know whether the problem of Windows 7 asks for administrator rights while installing Driver Whiz is an incompatibility issue or some other problem. Even it this tool shows that this an incompatibility issue, that the software is having with the operating system, then there is no need to worry because there are many other complements available in the market.

There are many security options or features in the Windows 7 operating system. This is why you are finding that Windows 7 asks for administrator rights while installing Driver Whiz. It is required at such times that the option of "run as administrator" has to be used. This is an option that forces any application or program to run in the system. I have solved many such problems in my system too with Windows 7.

I suggest you the following softwares if Windows 7 asks for administrator rights while installing Driver Whiz. They also have flexible interfaces and thus, can be used as alternatives to Driver Whiz:

1. Driver Checker 2.1.1
2. Driver Genius Professional Edition 2004 1.6.0.608
3. Driver Magician 2.6
4. Driver Updater Pro 4.1.4.2
5. Ultimate Driver Updater 1.1.3
6. Driver Detective 6.4 6.4.3.13
7. Wise Drivers 2.0
8. Carambis Driver Updater 1.0.3